Society is doubted in Lord of the Files
Society is defined as the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. William Golding states: “The theme [of Lord of the Flies] is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.” meaning that society is based on whether the people living in it are good or evil. I agree with Golding’s statement. Lord of the Flies has many allegories that relate to this argument, with the overlying illustration being how easily man can delegate back to his untamed instincts. Man-made systems …show more content…
He’s a soldier in the middle of a bloody war, killing others. Despite the boys looking up to adults as authoritative figures, in the end there’s no one to save civilization from mankind’s violent nature.
An interesting part of Lord of the Flies is when the boys first arrive on the island. They encounter the basic problems of maintaining a society. Work needs to be done, but not everyone wants to work. Jack wants to hunt for the thrill and pleasure of it, while Ralph wants to make fire and shelter out of necessity. They’re at odds. Consequently, some of the boys are forced to carry heavy burdens that others refuse to bear. This correlates to today’s governments like totalitarianism and oligarchy, where a select few have privileges while the rest of society have to do the work.
Society falls apart without a common (but not necessarily good) goal. In the book’s case, that goal is aptly remarked by the tribe chanting “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (152). Of course this spirals out of control, but going by definition, Jack’s tribe is still technically a society. A bloodthirsty, savage, benighted society. If this group was so easily manipulated by their barbaric nature, what’s stopping other societies from suffering the same
Society is defined as the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. William Golding states: “The theme [of Lord of the Flies] is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.” meaning that society is based on whether the people living in it are good or evil. I agree with Golding’s statement. Lord of the Flies has many allegories that relate to this argument, with the overlying illustration being how easily man can delegate back to his untamed instincts. Man-made systems …show more content…
He’s a soldier in the middle of a bloody war, killing others. Despite the boys looking up to adults as authoritative figures, in the end there’s no one to save civilization from mankind’s violent nature.
An interesting part of Lord of the Flies is when the boys first arrive on the island. They encounter the basic problems of maintaining a society. Work needs to be done, but not everyone wants to work. Jack wants to hunt for the thrill and pleasure of it, while Ralph wants to make fire and shelter out of necessity. They’re at odds. Consequently, some of the boys are forced to carry heavy burdens that others refuse to bear. This correlates to today’s governments like totalitarianism and oligarchy, where a select few have privileges while the rest of society have to do the work.
Society falls apart without a common (but not necessarily good) goal. In the book’s case, that goal is aptly remarked by the tribe chanting “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (152). Of course this spirals out of control, but going by definition, Jack’s tribe is still technically a society. A bloodthirsty, savage, benighted society. If this group was so easily manipulated by their barbaric nature, what’s stopping other societies from suffering the same